Non-Winners of the Man Booker

For the most and in the main, the best books were the longlist/shortlist nominations - bring 'em on.

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Man Booker Prize Eligible Books by Year
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Man Booker Longlist by Year:
2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Man Booker Shortlist by Year:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2017

Man Booker Shortlist Non-Winners All Years
Man Booker Long and Shortlist Non-Winners All Years

Man Booker Winners All Years

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1	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,903,182 ratings score: 7,833, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 633,799 ratings score: 6,405, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,417,660 ratings score: 5,744, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 499,736 ratings score: 5,609, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 241,252 ratings score: 5,162, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.37 avg rating — 144,491 ratings score: 4,045, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 256,032 ratings score: 3,524, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	alias Grace. by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 136,432 ratings score: 3,256, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 785,008 ratings score: 3,125, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 4.02 avg rating — 100,790 ratings score: 3,083, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 4.02 avg rating — 62,449 ratings score: 2,956, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 3.73 avg rating — 74,721 ratings score: 2,117, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.85 avg rating — 228,040 ratings score: 1,999, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 66,008 ratings score: 1,933, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman 4.10 avg rating — 347,368 ratings score: 1,881, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] by Zoë Heller 3.73 avg rating — 22,184 ratings score: 1,845, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 3.70 avg rating — 30,420 ratings score: 1,572, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt 3.66 avg rating — 17,828 ratings score: 1,540, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Saturday by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 68,615 ratings score: 1,442, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard 3.98 avg rating — 19,623 ratings score: 1,428, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt 3.85 avg rating — 94,253 ratings score: 1,425, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 3.56 avg rating — 53,206 ratings score: 1,380, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 37,788 ratings score: 1,310, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 89,260 ratings score: 1,278, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones 3.67 avg rating — 22,308 ratings score: 1,257, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 464,299 ratings score: 1,230, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Arthur & George by Julian Barnes 3.72 avg rating — 17,703 ratings score: 1,186, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes 3.65 avg rating — 14,701 ratings score: 1,171, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín 3.69 avg rating — 108,162 ratings score: 1,168, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Brick Lane by Monica Ali 3.45 avg rating — 32,225 ratings score: 1,139, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	On Beauty by Zadie Smith 3.76 avg rating — 78,872 ratings score: 1,092, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian 4.07 avg rating — 54,909 ratings score: 1,072, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 3.88 avg rating — 39,173 ratings score: 1,052, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 3.71 avg rating — 62,768 ratings score: 1,029, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Number9Dream by David Mitchell 3.87 avg rating — 24,893 ratings score: 1,022, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng 4.13 avg rating — 23,638 ratings score: 1,013, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr 4.12 avg rating — 12,947 ratings score: 999, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1) by Ali Smith 3.69 avg rating — 69,442 ratings score: 973, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) by Amitav Ghosh 3.97 avg rating — 26,301 ratings score: 951, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry 4.03 avg rating — 23,144 ratings score: 940, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan 3.90 avg rating — 8,041 ratings score: 936, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Glass Room by Simon Mawer 3.92 avg rating — 11,610 ratings score: 902, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín 3.89 avg rating — 6,583 ratings score: 847, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh 3.59 avg rating — 69,599 ratings score: 841, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 3.41 avg rating — 18,002 ratings score: 835, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan 3.70 avg rating — 16,715 ratings score: 834, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 33,834 ratings score: 814, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Shame by Salman Rushdie 3.86 avg rating — 11,913 ratings score: 809, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Harvest by Jim Crace 3.60 avg rating — 8,717 ratings score: 807, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Headlong by Michael Frayn 3.67 avg rating — 4,782 ratings score: 802, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Master by Colm Tóibín 3.84 avg rating — 10,277 ratings score: 759, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Accidental by Ali Smith 3.37 avg rating — 12,184 ratings score: 753, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 3.97 avg rating — 41,158 ratings score: 725, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) by Rachel Joyce 3.93 avg rating — 172,615 ratings score: 716, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 3.82 avg rating — 20,352 ratings score: 704, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Waterland by Graham Swift 3.91 avg rating — 8,885 ratings score: 692, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	English Passengers by Matthew Kneale 4.07 avg rating — 6,948 ratings score: 686, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor 3.89 avg rating — 9,830 ratings score: 685, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) by Mary Renault 3.96 avg rating — 8,710 ratings score: 662, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	How to Be Both by Ali Smith 3.66 avg rating — 22,611 ratings score: 661, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym 3.92 avg rating — 4,712 ratings score: 658, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 117,482 ratings score: 641, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe 3.83 avg rating — 8,786 ratings score: 639, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Morality Play by Barry Unsworth 3.75 avg rating — 3,766 ratings score: 633, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Summertime by J.M. Coetzee 3.77 avg rating — 6,228 ratings score: 624, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Black Dogs by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 12,075 ratings score: 592, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Days Without End (Days Without End, #1) by Sebastian Barry 3.97 avg rating — 22,709 ratings score: 585, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Spies by Michael Frayn 3.54 avg rating — 5,803 ratings score: 574, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	History of the Rain by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 6,091 ratings score: 547, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul 3.77 avg rating — 17,145 ratings score: 546, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Secret River by Kate Grenville 3.81 avg rating — 21,845 ratings score: 539, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch 3.58 avg rating — 7,767 ratings score: 537, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 3.28 avg rating — 22,076 ratings score: 532, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2) by Robertson Davies 4.27 avg rating — 6,130 ratings score: 528, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Snowdrops by A.D. Miller (Goodreads Author) 3.29 avg rating — 9,470 ratings score: 524, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman 3.44 avg rating — 4,770 ratings score: 524, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Restoration by Rose Tremain 3.98 avg rating — 5,944 ratings score: 522, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt 3.70 avg rating — 7,999 ratings score: 517, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 17,286 ratings score: 511, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 4.01 avg rating — 8,361 ratings score: 508, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Love and Summer by William Trevor 3.58 avg rating — 3,982 ratings score: 504, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster 3.95 avg rating — 28,197 ratings score: 499, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 5,742 ratings score: 496, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	How to be good by Nick Hornby 3.22 avg rating — 55,338 ratings score: 496, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 4,550 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet 3.91 avg rating — 31,757 ratings score: 492, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Long Song by Andrea Levy 3.77 avg rating — 9,963 ratings score: 455, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark 3.77 avg rating — 4,072 ratings score: 453, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry 3.96 avg rating — 10,751 ratings score: 453, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn 3.77 avg rating — 5,864 ratings score: 451, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 111,220 ratings score: 450, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Amongst Women by John McGahern 3.94 avg rating — 4,157 ratings score: 449, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Quarantine by Jim Crace 3.69 avg rating — 3,826 ratings score: 448, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd 3.68 avg rating — 1,816 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess 4.13 avg rating — 3,097 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Unless by Carol Shields 3.63 avg rating — 16,187 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Time's Arrow by Martin Amis 3.76 avg rating — 15,226 ratings score: 439, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The North Water by Ian McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 30,130 ratings score: 427, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Solar Bones by Mike McCormack 3.82 avg rating — 4,047 ratings score: 426, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard 3.47 avg rating — 5,012 ratings score: 424, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 13, 2010 12:57PM

Anyone got a list of the losing nominees?

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message 2: by Phillip (last edited Jul 23, 2011 07:31AM) (new)

Sep 13, 2010 05:37PM

Here's the list of shortlisted books that didn't win:

Figures In A Landscape - Barry England
The Impossible Object - Nicholas Moseley
The Nice and the Good - Iris Murdoch
The Public Image - Muriel Spark
From Scenes Like These - GM Williams
John Brown's Body - AL Barker
Eva Trout - Elizabeth Bowen
Bruno's Dream - Iris Murdoch
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel - William Trevor
The Conjunction - TM Wheeler
The Birds on the Trees - Nina Bawden
The Bay of Noon - Shirley Hazzard
Fire From Heaven - Mary Renault
The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark
The Vivisector - Patrick White
The Big Chapel - Thomas Kilroy
Briefing For A Descent Into Hell - Doris Lessing
St Urban's Horseman - Mordecai Richler
Goshawk Squadron - Derek Robinson
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
Bird of Night - Susan Hill
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith - Thomas Keneally
Pasmore - David Storey
The Dressmaker - Beryl Bainbridge
The Green Equinox - Elizabeth Mavor
The Black Prince - Iris Murdoch
Ending Up - Kingsley Amis
The Bottle Factory Outing - Beryl Bainbridge
In Their Wisdom - CP Snow
Gossip From The Forest - Thomas Keneally
An Instant In The Wind - Andre Brink
Rising - RC Hutchinson
The Doctor's Wife - Brian Moore
Kingfisher Lives - Julian Rathbone
The Children of Dynmouth - William Trevor
Peter Smart's Confessions - Paul Bailey
Great Granny Webster - Caroline Blackwood
Shadows On Our Skin - Jennifer Johnston
The Road To Lichfield - Penelope Lively
Quartet In Autumn - Barbara Pym
Jake's Thing - Kingsley Amis
Rumours of a Rain - Andre Brink
The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald
God On The Rocks - Jane Gardam
A Five Year Sentence - Bernice Rubens
Confederates - Thomas Keneally
A Bend in the River - VS Naipaul
Joseph - Julian Rathbone
Praxis - Fay Weldon
Earthly Powers - Anthony Burgess
A Month In The Country - JL Carr
Clear Light of Day - Anita Desai
The Beggar Maid - Alice Munro
No Country For Young Men - Julia O'Faolain
Pascali's Island - Barry Unsworth
Good Behaviour - Molly Keane
The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
The Comfort of Strangers - Ian McEwan
Rhine Journey - Ann Schlee
Loitering With Intent - Muriel Spark
The White Hotel - DM Thomas
Silence Among The Weapons - John Arden
An Ice-Cream War - William Boyd
Constance or Solitary Practices - Lawrence Durrell
The 27th Kingdom - Alice Thomas Ellis
Sour Sweet - Timothy Mo
Rates of Exchange - Malcolm Bradbury
Flying To Nowhere - John Fuller
The Illusionist - Anita Mason
Shame - Salman Rushdie
Waterland - Graham Swift
Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
In Custody - Anita Desai
According To Mark - Penelope Lively
Small World - David Lodge
Illywhacker - Peter Carey
The Battle of Pollock's Crossing - JL Carr
The Good Terrorist - Doris Lessing
Last Letters From Hav - Jan Morris
The Good Apprentice - Iris Murdoch
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Gabriel's Lament - Paul Bailey
What's Bred In The Bone - Robertson Davies
An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro
An Insular Possession - Timothy Mo
Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe
Chatterton - Peter Ackroyd
Circles of Deceit - Nina Bawden
The Colour of Blood - Brian Moore
The Book and the Brotherhood - Iris Murdoch
Utz - Bruce Chatwin
The Beginning of Spring - Penelope Fitzgerald
Nice Work - David Lodge
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
The Lost Father - Marina Warner
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
The Book of Evidence - John Banville
Jigsaw - Sybille Bedford
A Disaffection - James Kelman
Restoration - Rose Tremain
An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge
The Gate of Angels - Penelope Fitzgerald
Amongst Women - John McGahern
Lies of Silence - Brian Moore
Solomon Gursky Was Here - Mordechai Richler
Time's Arrow - Martin Amis
The Van - Roddy Doyle
Such A Long Journey - Rohinton Mistry
The Redundancy of Courage - Timothy Mo
Reading Turgenev - William Trevor
Serenity House - Christopher Hope
The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe
Black Dogs - Ian McEwan
Daughters of the House - Michele Roberts
Under The Frog - Tibor Fischer
Scar Tissue - Michael Ignatieff
Remembering Babylon - David Malouf
Crossing The River - Caryl Phillips
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
Reef - Romesh Gunesekara
Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
Beside the Ocean of Time - George Mackay Brown
Knowledge of Angels - Jill Paton Walsh
In Every Face I Meet - Justin Cartwright
Morality Play - Barry Unsworth
The Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie
The Riders - Tim Winton
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Every Man For Himself - Beryl Bainbridge
Reading In The Dark - Seamus Deane
The Orchard On Fire - Shena Mackay
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
Quarantine - Jim Crace
The Underground Man - Mick Jackson
Grace Notes - Bernard McLaverty
Europa - Tim Parks
The Essence of the Thing - Madelaine St John
Master Georgie - Beryl Bainbridge
England, England - Julian Barnes
Industry of Souls - Martin Booth
Breakfast on Pluto - Patrick McCabe
The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills
Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai
Headlong - Michael Frayn
Our Fathers - Andrew O'Hagan
The Map of Love - Ahdaf Soueif
The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Tóibín
The Hiding Place - Trezza Azzopardi
The Keepers of Truth - Michael Collins
When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro
English Passengers - Matthew Kneale
The Deposition of Father McGreevy - Brian O'Doherty
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Oxygen - Andrew Miller
Number9Dream - David Mitchell
The Dark Room - Rachel Seiffert
Hotel World - Ali Smith
Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
Unless - Carol Shields
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
Dirt Music - Tim Winton
Brick Lane - Monica Ali
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Good Doctor - Damon Galgut
Notes On A Scandal - Zoë Heller
Astonishing Splashes of Colour - Clare Morrall
Bitter Fruit - Achmat Dangor
The Electric Michelangelo - Sarah Hall
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Master - Colm Tóibín
I'll Go To Bed At Noon - Gerard Woodward
Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Accidental - Ali Smith
On Beauty - Zadie Smith
The Secret River - Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down - M.J. Hyland
In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar
Mother's Milk - Edward St Aubyn
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
Darkmans - Nicola Barker
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
Animal's People - Indra Sinha
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on Their Backs - Linda Grant
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
The Children's Book - A.S. Byatt
Summertime - J.M. Coetzee
The Quickening Maze - Adam Foulds
The Glass Room - Simon Mawer
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters

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message 3: by Phillip (last edited Sep 13, 2010 07:28PM) (new)

Sep 13, 2010 05:40PM

...and, since the longlists were first published in 2001, these have been longlisted:

According to Queeney - Beryl Bainbridge
If the Invader Comes - Derek Beaven
A Son of War - Melvyn Bragg
Shamrock Tea - Ciaran Carson
The Element of Water - Stevie Davies
The Pickup - Nadine Gordimer
Dogside Story - Patricia Grace
By the Sea - Abdulrazak Gurnah
How to be Good - Nick Hornby
Wolfy and the Strudelbakers - Zvi Jagendorf
Translated Accounts - James Kelman
The Blue Tango - Eoin McNamee
Fairness - Ferdinand Mount
Half a Life - VS Naipaul
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
The Death of Vishnu - Manil Suri
The Stone Carvers - Jane Urquhart
The Leto Bundle - Marina Warner
The Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds & Dr. Glas - Dannie Abse
Shroud - John Banville
Critical Injuries - Joan Barfoot
Any Human Heart - William Boyd
The Next Big Thing - Anita Brookner
Peacetime - Robert Edric
Spies - Michael Frayn
Still Here - Linda Grant
The Mulberry Empire - Philip Hensher
Who's Sorry Now? - Howard Jacobson
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor
Dorian - Will Self
The Autograph Man - Zadie Smith
To The Last City - Colin Thubron
Yellow Dog - Martin Amis
Turn Again Home - Carol Birch
Crossing the Lines - Melvyn Bragg
Elizabeth Costello - JM Coetzee
The Taxi Driver's Daughter - Julia Darling
Schopenhauer's Telescope - Gerard Donovan
The Romantic - Barbara Gowdy
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
The Nick of Time - Francis King
Heligoland - Shena Mackay
Jazz etc. - John Murray
Something Might Happen - Julie Myerson
Judge Savage - Tim Parks
A Distant Short - Caryl Phillips
Waxwings - Jonathan Raban
The Light of Day - Graham Swift
Frankie & Stankie - Barbara Trapido
Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam
Clear: A Transparent Novel - Nicola Barker
The Island Walkers - John Bemrose
Havoc, in its Third Year - Ronan Bennett
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Always the Sun - Neil Cross
Becoming Strangers - Louise Deam
A Blade of Grass - Lewis Desoto
Cooking with Fernet Branca - James Hamilton-Paterson
The Honeymoon - Justin Haythe
The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard
Sixty Lights - Gail Jones
The Unnumbered - Sam North
Snowleg - Nicholas Shakespeare
Cherry - Matt Thorne
The Harmony Silk Factory - Tash Aw
Slow Man - JM Coetzee
In the Fold - Rachel Cusk
All For Love - Dan Jacobson
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian - Marina Lewycka
Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel
Saturday - Ian McEwan
The People's Act of Love - James Meek
Shalimar The Clown - Salman Rushdie
This Thing of Darkness - Harry Thompson
This Is The Country - William Wall
Theft: A Love Story - Peter Carey
Gathering the Water - Robert Edric
Get a Life - Nadine Gordimer
Kalooki Nights - Howard Jacobson
Seven Lies - James Lasdun
The Other Side of the Bridge - Mary Lawson
So Many Ways To Begin - Jon McGregor
The Emperor’s Children - Claire Messud
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
The Perfect Man - Naeem Murr
Be Near Me - Andrew O'Hagan
The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
The Ruby in Her Navel - Barry Unsworth
Self Help - Edward Docx
The Gift of Rain - Tantan Eng
The Welsh Girl - Peter Ho Davies
Gifted - Nikita Lalwani
What Was Lost - Catherine O'Flynn
Consolation - Michael Redhill
Winnie & Wolf - AN Wilson
Girl in a Blue Dress - Gaynor Arnold
From A to X - John Berger
The Lost Dog - Michelle de Kretser
A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammad Hanif
Netherland - Joseph O'Neill
The Enchantress Of Florence - Salman Rushdie
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
How to Paint a Dead Man - Sarah Hall
The Wilderness - Samantha Harvey
Me Cheeta - James Lever
Not True & Not Unkind - Ed O'Loughlin
Heliopolis - James Scudamore
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Love and Summer - William Trevor

The Hand Reared Boy - Brian Aldiss
Trespasses - Paul Bailey
A Little of What You Fancy - HE Bates
A Place In England - Melvyn Bragg
Down All The Days - Christy Brown
Bomber - Len Deighton
The Circle - Elaine Feinstein
A Clubbable Woman - Reginald Hill
I'm The King of the Castle - Susan Hill
A Domestic Animal - Francis King
Out of the Shelter - David Lodge
A Fairly Honourable Defeat - Iris Murdoch
Fireflies - Shiva Naipaul
Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
A Guilty Thing Surprised - Ruth Rendell

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message 4: by Bettie (new)

Sep 13, 2010 11:56PM

Yay - thanks for the lists, you are a gent.
:O)

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message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 14, 2010 02:44PM

I guess Claire Messud is one of those shapeshifters who goes back and forth between being American, Canadian, British, and French whenever the mood suits her?

Guardian, 2003: "Whether mischievously or incompetently, publishers submitted a number of authors who weren't eligible, three of whom would have been strong contenders. Claire Messud holds three passports, none of them British."

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message 6: by Phillip (new)

Oct 12, 2010 07:38PM

I guess we can now add this year's losers to the list!

Parrot and Olivier in America - Peter Carey
Room - Emma Donoghue
The Betrayal - Helen Dunmore
In A Strange Room - Damon Galgut
The Long Song - Andrea Levy
C - Tom McCarthy
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
February - Lisa Moore
Skippy Dies - Paul Murray
Trespass - Rose Tremain
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
The Stars In The Bright Sky - Alan Warner

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message 7: by Bettie (new)

Oct 13, 2010 03:22AM

Well done Phillip - you keep ua all shipshape and Bristol fashion here. Not a good year for the Booker shortlist.

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message 8: by Phillip (new)

Oct 19, 2011 05:33AM

The losing longlistees from 2011...

On Canaan’s Side - Sebastian Barry
Jamrach's Menagerie - Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt
Half Blood Blues - Esi Eduygen
A Cupboard Full of Coats - Yvette Edwards
The Stranger's Child - Alan Hollinghurst
Pigeon English - Stephen Kelman
The Last Hundred Days - Patrick McGuinness
Snowdrops - AD Miller
Far to Go - Alison Pick
The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Jane Rogers
Derby Day - DJ Taylor

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message 9: by Laura (new)

Sep 30, 2012 05:48AM

Great job Bettie and Phillip, keep going keep going.

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message 10: by Phillip (last edited Oct 16, 2012 04:41PM) (new)

Oct 16, 2012 04:40PM

2012's losing longlistees:

Nicola Barker - The Yips
Ned Beauman - The Teleportation Accident
Andre Brink - Philida
Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
Michael Frayn - Skios
Rachel Joyce - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Deborah Levy - Swimming Home
Alison Moore - The Lighthouse
Will Self - Umbrella
Jeet Thayil - Narcopolis
Sam Thompson - Communion Town

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message 11: by Bettie (new)

Jan 31, 2013 03:11PM

Phillip wrote: "2012's losing longlistees:

Nicola Barker - The Yips
Ned Beauman - The Teleportation Accident
Andre Brink - Philida
Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
Michael Frayn - Skios
Rachel Joyce ..."

Phil - you ARE the Bee's Knees - thanks for updating. Soon be time for the next ones to fall off the trees
:O)

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message 12: by Phillip (new)

Feb 01, 2013 02:52PM

Thanks, Bettie! Yes, the years seem to whizz by faster and faster. So many of these I meant to read but haven't or didn't.

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message 13: by Bettie (new)

Feb 01, 2013 03:01PM

Phillip wrote: "Thanks, Bettie! Yes, the years seem to whizz by faster and faster. So many of these I meant to read but haven't or didn't."

The years do fly by, non-readers don't seem to notice it as much, do they! They talk about stress here and stress there but they know NOTHING if they haven't tried to keep up with the award lists, the TBR mountains, and that burgeoning pile of Must Re-read Or Bust items.

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Jul 11, 2013 07:51AM